Devon Auctioneers' Fine Art Auction Review
Rachel Littlewood reviews the January 2013 Fine Art Sale, which ran over three days
in the Exeter salerooms in Devon from 29th January 2013 to 31st January 2013.
The Devon-based auction attracted a lot of international attention and saw many
lots exceed their estimates, resulting in a very successful sale.
A pair of carved padouk upright display cabinets in the Chinese taste was the top
lot in the January 2013 Fine Art Auction at Devon Auctioneers, Bearnes Hampton &
Littlewood. The lot attracted fierce competition from eight telephone bidders and
finally realised a stunning £36,000. (FS17/864).
The highest hammer price in our important
three day fine art auction,
which ran over 29th/30th/31st January 2013 and included the
Tryhorn Collection, was for a
pair of carved padouk upright display cabinets in the Chinese taste
(FS17/864). These interesting, unusual and highly decorative pieces proved to
be very fine decorator's pieces from a good local source and had been in the vendor's
possession for many years. In good original unrestored condition, they realised
a stunning £36,000, after fierce competition from eight telephone bidders.
A beautiful pair of Canton vases, which had been brought to the Westcountry by the
vendor's Great Grandfather from Shanghai, fetched £21,000, and will now return to
China. (FS17/525).
The next star in the sale was consigned from another local vendor, whose Great Grandfather
was a merchant in Shanghai and brought this
beautiful pair of Canton vases
back from one of his trips (FS17/525). The neck and shoulders of these
Chinese ceramics
had applied kylins and chilongs, and were enamelled front and verso with panels
of warriors and other figures within a courtyard. There was a great deal of
interest
in the pair of vases prior to the auction, but they are now to be returned to their
homeland, the purchaser having paid £21,000 for them.
An imposing 19th century French carved giltwood centre table, which was great sought
after by those bidding, finally fell for £11,500. (FS17/850).
Furniture prices were strong, well illustrated by the
19th Century French carved
giltwood centre table
(FS17/850), which carried a pre-sale estimate of £7,000-£9,000. This imposing,
high quality piece of
antique continental furniture
was greatly sought after and this was reflected in the final hammer price of £11,500.
The mixed photographic album from the 1850s and 1860s originally belonging to Colonel
Edmund Gilling Hallewell (1822-1869) soared beyond expectations to achieve £9,400
at auction. (FS17/380).
In the picture section of the sale, a mixed photographic album from the 1850s and
1860s of
Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell
(FS17/380) soared beyond expectations of £4,000-£6,000, realising £9,400.
A collection of Chinese bronze censers attracted considerable attention from bidders
in the Far East, with the top lot in the collection reaching £9,200 in the Devon
Auctioneers' salerooms. (FS17/686).
There was strong interest from the Far East in the private collection of bronze
censers, the top lot of the collection being a Chinese bronze tripod censer
(FS17/686), which went under the hammer for £9,200.
An oil on canvas of a study of a girl with blonde hair by the late Devon-based artist
Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002) sold well at £8,000. (FS17/480). Bearnes Hampton &
Littlewood will be offering an important painting from Lenkiewicz's vagrancy project
in their April 2013 Fine Art Sale.
Within the picture section of the auction, an oil on canvas by
Robert O Lenkiewicz
(1941–2002) depicting a
study of a girl with blonde hair
(FS17/480) also sold well at £8,000. The next
fine art sale
in April 2013 includes an important
vagrancy project
painting, which will form part of a very strong
20th Century British Pictures
section which includes
Newlyn and St Ives paintings and sculptures.
Please visit the
January 2013 Quarterly Fine Art Sale page
for the full results.
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
- Fine Art Auction
- Devon Auctioneers
- Padouk Display Cabinets
- Canton Vases
- 19th Century French Furniture
- Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell (1822-1869)
- Chinese Bronze Censers
- Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002)
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